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The following dates are the deadlines by which the Habs must sign a currently unsigned player or relinquish their rights without compensation:
June 1, 2024:
Jared Davidson (5/130 – Seattle, WHL)
Cedrick Guindon (4/127 – Owen Sound, OHL)
Petteri Nurmi (7/194, 2022 – HPK, SM-liiga)
Miguel Tourigny (7/216, 2022 – Acadie-Bathurst, QMJHL)
August 15, 2024:
Blake Biondi (4/109, 2020 – Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA)
Rhett Pitlick (5/131, 2019 – Minnesota, NCAA)*
Ty Smilanic (3/74, 2020 – Wisconsin, NCAA)
Luke Tuch (2/47, 2020 – Boston University, NCAA)
June 1, 2025:
Oliver Kapanen (2/64, 2021 – KalPa, SM-liiga)
Quentin Miller (4/128, 2023 – Quebec, QMJHL)
Daniil Sobolev (5/142, 2021 – Windsor, OHL)
Joe Vrbetic (7/214, 2021 – Trois-Rivieres, ECHL)
Florian Xhekaj (4/101, 2023 – Hamilton, OHL)
August 15, 2025:
Lane Hutson (2/62, 2022 – Boston University, NCAA)
Jack Smith (4/102, 2020 – Minnesota-Duluth, NCAA)*
June 1, 2026:
Adam Engstrom (3/92, 2022 – Rogle, SHL)
Vincenz Rohrer (3/75, 2022 – Ottawa, OHL)
Rohrer originally was listed as June 1, 2024 but by leaving Ottawa to play in Switzerland one year after being drafted, his signing timeline gets extended by two years.
August 15, 2026:
Emmett Croteau (5/162, 2022 – Waterloo, USHL)
Luke Mittelstadt (7/197, 2023 – Minnesota, NCAA)
June 1, 2027:
Filip Eriksson (6/165, 2023 – Vaxjo, SWE U20)
August 15, 2027:
Jacob Fowler (3/69, 2023 – Youngstown, USHL)
Sam Harris (5/133, 2023 – Sioux Falls, USHL)
Indefinite Rights:
Alexander Gordin (6/171, 2020 – St. Petersburg, MHL)
Bodgan Konyushkov (4/110, 2023 – Torpedo, KHL)
Dmitri Kostenko (3/87, 2021 – Lada Togliatti, VHL)
Jakov Novak (rights acquired from Ottawa)
Yevgeni Voloshin (5/144, 2023 – Mamonty, MHL)
* Player can drop out of college and become a UFA one year earlier than their listed date if they so desire as it will be their fourth year since being drafted.
